Debtors’ Chapter 13 plan was confirmable over objections of unsecured creditors because the plan does propose to pay those creditors at least as much, if not more, than they would be likely to receive in a Chapter 7 liquidation of the debtors’ real estate

Cattle investor’s debt to bank could be discharged. His financial statements were not materially misleading, and his conversion of some of the bank’s collateral was not willful and malicious because it was necessary for his operating expenses

Court denied defendant’s request for attorneys’ fees under section 523(d) because the plaintiffs had sought denial of discharge rather than a determination of dischargeability, and because it was unclear whether the debts at issue were consumer debts

Court granted relief to bank holding a possessory interest in a certificate of indebtedness issued to the debtor. Debtor had borrowed the money from his mother & felt morally obligated to repay her, but as an unsecured debt it wouldn’t support maintaining

On motion to compromise controversies between the debtors and a bank over objection of creditors’ committee, the court determined that committee’s interest in pursuing litigation against the bank outweighs the debtor’s interest in rehabilitation

Court granted the defendant's motion to interplead additional parties who may have an interest in the money it held. However, the court deferred resolution of the question of whether the defendant was entitled to recover attorneys' fees for its efforts

A storage company that sold the debtor's belongings to satisfy unpaid pre-petition storage charges did not violate the automatic stay because there was no evidence the company had actual knowledge of the bankruptcy case when it conducted the sale

Debt is non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. sec. 523(a)(2) for fraud/false pretense or representation. Plaintiff bought a vehicle from debtor & paid with a check. Debtor did not deliver the vehicle title & instead used the check proceeds to pay other debts

Court denied motion to dismiss complaint regarding preferential transfers because the transfers made from third parties to the defendant may have been accounts receivables of the plaintiff debtor, which would render them property of the debtor